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Hall of Fame day in Buffalo
The Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame announced today that former Buffalo Bisons INF RICHIE SEXSON and long-time Bisons broadcaster DUKE McGUIRE have been elected as the 80th and 81st members of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sexson was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft and played parts of two seasons with the Buffalo Bisons. The 6′ 6″ first baseman hit 31 home runs -second most in a single season in the Bisons' Modern Era- and drove in 88 in 115 games with the Herd in 1997 to help the club earn an American Association Championship. He led the A.A. with the 31 home runs and was also a mid and post season league All-Star.
In 1998, Sexson hit 21 more home runs with 74RBI in 89 games with the club before spending the rest of the season with Cleveland. Despite playing just a little over a season and a half in Buffalo, Sexson's 52 home runs rank as the 5th most for a Bison player in the Modern Era.
Sexson went on to play in parts of 12 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees. He hit 306 big league home runs and collected 943RBI in 1,367 career games. He was a National League All-Star with the Brewers in 2002 and 2003 and ranked in the top six in home runs in his league on three different occasions. He hit 30 or more home runs in a season five times, including a career-high 45 with Milwaukee in 2001 and again in 2003. Six times, Sexson reached 100+ RBI in a season.
DUKE McGUIRE
McGuire has been part of the Bisons organization for 32 seasons, most notably as a member of the Herd's broadcasting team since 1991. On the air, McGuire has worked alongside fellow Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer Pete Weber, as well as announcers Jim Rosenhaus and Ben Wagner. His career with the Bisons began in 1979 when he was hired as a Director of Public Relations and Marketing. From 1981-1995, he was the team's public address announcer and since 1985 has been instrumental in the team's youth baseball efforts, including the Pitch, Hit and Run competition.
A native of Snyder, NY, McGuire was drafted out of high school by the Mets in 1970. He was then drafted again by the Pirates in 1972 before being selected by the Tigers in the first round of the second phase of the 1972 Draft. He played for then-manager Jim Leyland at Clinton in the Midwest League during the 1973 season. A few seasons later, McGuire was named Most Valuable Player of the 1978 Niagara Falls Pirates, for whom he served as a player-manager.
The Bisons Hall of Fame Day ceremonies will also include the induction of former Bisons OF FRANK CARSWELL and former Newark OF BOB SEEDS into the International League Hall of Fame. IL President Randy Mobley will present the league's "Curtain Call" statue to descendents of both Carswell and Seeds.
Carswell played in five seasons with the Bisons, amassing a .323 career batting average with 125 doubles, five triples, 78 home runs and 342RBI in 501 games with the Herd. He won the IL batting championship with a .344 average in 1952. He also led the circuit with 30 homers that year, falling 12RBI shy of the IL's triple crown (101RBI). After playing just one game with Buffalo in 1946, he hit .300 and averaged 20 homers and 86RBI in four straight seasons form 1951-1954. Carswell is still among the Bisons top ten producers of home runs (6th), RBI (9th) and doubles (10th) in the team's 124-year history.
Carswell also managed in the IL for five seasons from 1963-1966 (Syracuse) and in 1970 (Toledo). He made the playoffs three years with Syracuse and finished his career with a record of 347-391 (.470). Carswell died on October 21, 1998 in Houston, TX at the age of 78.
Seeds played six seasons in the International League from 1935-1942, spending two years each at Montreal, Newark and Baltimore. He hit .305 (690-2,263) with 71 home runs and 407RBI in 604 total games and helped the Newark Bears to back-to-back Governors' Cup Championships in 1937 and 1938.
It was in Buffalo where Seeds put together maybe the greatest two-game stretch in the history of the International League. On May 6, 1938, Seeds went 6-6 with four home runs against the Bisons at Offermann Stadium. The next day, Seeds hits three more homers against Buffalo, completing the two-game stretch at 9-10 with seven home runs and 17RBI. For his efforts, he was given the key to the City of Buffalo.
Known as 'Suitcase Bob,' Seeds was a journeyman ballplayer with 14 different teams across nine leagues during his 21-year playing career. His Major League tenure included stints with the Indians, White Sox, Red Sox, Yankees and Giants.


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This functionality is intentional and integral to how LinuxMCE functions and works. The system 'uses' mythtv (or vdr) to provide recording (and scheduling) and livetv viewing functionality. If you wish to use mythtv standalone you should really look at the mythbuntu distribution.J.
Just a questionWith UI1, if you move the mouse, why don't you get an overlay screen as with playing video/dvd's
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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
Steve Goldner
Jun 20, 2012
So, you want to get social? You realize your business cannot live without it. Kudos to you for having a strategy and a plan and for not just putting up Facebook and Twitter pages. But now you realize how time-consuming it will be to drive real measurable success. So let me tell you how we determined the right tools to help us drive our social media practice.
First, think about your core operations. We determined that we had three prime objectives: disseminating content (both owned and curated media); identifying influencers (to yield earned media); and capturing performance metrics.
It makes sense to start with a communications strategy and to address content tools. Content is core to your social endeavors. It is the vehicle to get your story out and to engage with your target audience. Consider having a blog—a place to seed your owned media so that you can use other social channels to direct people to your story. I use WordPress. It is intuitive, and it starts out at no cost. I recommend this content management system for its simplicity and versatility. Another good one is Blogger.
Blogs aren't the only platforms for disseminating content. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, SlideShare, Pinterest, and Twitter are all leading platforms for content sharing. With all these free options, it's not likely you'll choose to pay for another option—though ONEsite, Jive, and Lithium allow you to own all functionality and data, unlike Facebook and Google+.
And once you have your content platforms determined, I suggest you use a social media publishing tool. Examples are Awareness, Shoutlet, and HootSuite, just to name a few. These publishing tools allow you to schedule posts across many social channels, manage responses, and view metrics on impressions and reach. They are extremely helpful; not only do they manage the workflow of posting and responding, but they also fine-tune your communications to optimize sharing and engagement.
Next, you will need a social media monitoring tool. There is no perfect monitoring tool, but I highly recommend you use one. When deciding which one is best for you, it is important to understand how each tool collects data. Does it collect everything out there or just a representative sample? Also, determine how you are going to use the data. Are you merely recording measurable results to assess your success and judge your social implementations over time, or are you looking to monitor conversations to drive actionable interaction?
Success in social media means optimizing the sharing of your brand. So when you think about getting your brand and content shared, where do you get the biggest bang? This is an old marketing question; it's one that caused powerful PR agencies to emerge a while back. But in the digital world, things are a bit different. A noncelebrity, nonpower journalist can actually have much influence. You need a tool to identify power users. The most popular ones are Klout and PeerIndex. But I think these are not as great as their hype. Here's why. Take a most influential social media personality—Robert Scoble. His Klout, PeerIndex, and Kred scores are 84, 75, and 954, respectively. All are extremely high relative to the scale for each platform. But what if you are a brand in the fashion, healthy eating, or consumer packaged goods categories? Scoble has little influence in these verticals. In order to address influence that looks at influence as a topical query, I suggest looking into Appinions and Kred.
There is one other bit of information that I often need to know: What is the number of unique visitors to a specific site? Both Quantcast and Compete give you a good bit of free information in this regard. Granted, it is not as accurate and detailed as comScore, but it is free.
And last but not least is the tool I need but do not have. That would be an open social media dashboard. It will come, but it is not available yet. It is important to be able to tell executives how things are performing in one report, one screen shot. Today, we do this by gluing together data from a number of sources—many of them were mentioned earlier. This requires a decent amount of manual effort. As social media matures, I expect to see a platform that can take disparate data, correlate it, and produce one meaningful report.
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The Mangekyō Sharingan (万華鏡写輪眼, Literally meaning: Kaleidoscope Copy Wheel Eye), noted to be the "heavenly eyes that see the truth of all of creation without obstruction" (天壌の理を掌握せし瞳, tenjō no kotowari wo shōaku seshi hitomi),[1] is an advanced form of the Sharingan that has only been activated by a handful of Uchiha.[2] It was also awakened by Kakashi Hatake — a non-Uchiha.[3]
The Mangekyō Sharingan is awakened by a Sharingan user when they suffer from trauma after witnessing the death of someone close to them. With the user normally having to witness or experience this first hand, Uchiha throughout history have killed those closest to them in order to expedite this process.[4]
It is distinguished from a normal Sharingan by its appearance, which changes the form of the tomoe seal. Unlike the Sharingan, the appearance of the Mangekyō Sharingan differs from user to user with all known wielders of the dōjutsu having eyes that resemble variations of pinwheels; one variation is a rare form known as the "Straight Tomoe" (直巴, Choku Tomoe), which seems to grant the user fluidity in their movements when fighting.[5]
The Mangekyō Sharingan can use enhanced versions of the Sharingan's generic abilities, such as casting genjutsu, and can also awaken different powerful techniques. Some wielders awaken the same technique in both of their eyes, such as Obito and Shisui Uchiha, whereas others awaken a different technique in each eye. Also, a Mangekyō Sharingan can transfer any of its techniques into another eye and/or set them to activate at certain times with pre-programmed actions, even after the user's death.[6] One can even transfer the entire essence and powers of the dōjutsu into another eye, manifesting itself in said eye.[7]
The Mangekyō Sharingan drains a considerable amount of chakra and strains both the user's eyes and body, a drawback which affects a non-Uchiha even more so. Use of the dōjutsu gradually deteriorates the user's eyesight to the point of blindness; a harsh fate for those that have grown accustomed to the power and visual acuity it affords.[8] Only by transplanting the eyes of another Uchiha can the user regain their sight and ocular powers. By transplanting the Mangekyō Sharingan of an Uchiha with strong blood ties to the recipient — ideally a sibling — an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan (永遠の万華鏡写輪眼, Eien no Mangekyō Sharingan) is then awakened.[9] This process takes several days for a complete recovery,[10][11] and not only permanently restores the recipient's eyesight, but also bolsters their own ocular power with that of the donor's, signified by the intertwined appearance of their Mangekyō Sharingan's tomoe seals. Due to the compatibility issues and the Mangekyō Sharingan's rarity, not everyone can gain these benefits by transplanting the eyes of just any Uchiha, which has been the cause of many fruitless sacrifices throughout the Uchiha clan's history.[12] Thus far, only Madara and Sasuke are known to have been successful in this endeavour. According to Madara, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and possibly the Mangekyō Sharingan as well, is proof an Uchiha has lost a lot but also proof they're looking for something.
Madara and Sasuke were able to evolve their Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into the Rinnegan. Madara did so after implanting the DNA of Hashirama Senju into himself, though the dōjutsu only awakened years after the implant.[13] Sasuke awakened his after Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki gave the young Uchiha half of his power, though it is unknown what was the exact cause of him awakening the dōjutsu.
Itachi Uchiha
Itachi Uchiha gained the Mangekyō Sharingan after witnessing his best friend Shisui throw himself off a cliff.[14] With the Mangekyō Sharingan, Itachi was able to use at least three powerful techniques. With his "left Mangekyō" he could use Tsukuyomi, an extremely powerful genjutsu that allowed him to distort the victim's perception of time, torturing their psyche for what seemed like days in a matter of seconds. With his "right Mangekyō" he could use Amaterasu, a ninjutsu which creates virtually-inextinguishable black flames at the user's focal point that continue to burn until the target is reduced to ash. The last of these known techniques was Susanoo, which allowed Itachi to summon a massive ethereal warrior. This entity fights on behalf of Itachi and shields him from most attacks. According to Zetsu, when it is combined with the Yata Mirror and Sword of Totsuka it essentially made Itachi invincible. Itachi's Susanoo has three forms which it goes through: an incomplete skeletal form, a complete warrior-like form and a final form that resembles a yamabushi.
Use of the Mangekyō Sharingan put a great strain on Itachi's body and would quickly deplete his chakra reserves to the point that after using it three times in a day, he deactivated his eyes to their normal state.[15] A clone containing 30% of his chakra couldn't use it once. By the time he battled Sasuke, his sight had been reduced to a large blur, yet having resolved himself to dying at the hands of his brother, he pushed past this limitation and used his Mangekyō Sharingan more than three times as well as other techniques. After being reincarnated by the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Itachi was able to use the Mangekyō Sharingan for extended periods of time without complaints of physical ailments, or deteriorating vision. Some time after his death, Sasuke took Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan as his own, granting the former an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Kakashi Hatake
Kakashi Hatake, while wielding the left Sharingan of Obito, awaked its Mangekyō form after the trauma of killing Rin Nohara with his own hands.[3] Despite its awakening, Kakashi only began to use the Mangekyō during Part II of the series, making it unknown if he knew he possessed it beforehand. Regardless, with this dōjutsu Kakashi can use a space–time ninjutsu known as Kamui to create a barrier and transport a target either to or from the other dimension. The barrier requires considerable effort to aim with precision, leaving Kakashi's chakra significantly drained; especially considering that Kakashi is a non-Uchiha. Initially, he could only handle two uses in a single day, left crippled for over a week from a third use,[16] and had poor control at aiming it.[17] However, later he could control the size of it to only affect the target he chooses, and use precise aim to warp speeding targets.[18] He can also use it twice in quick succession, without showing immediate chakra drain and fatigue.[19] By the time of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi became able to use it several more times in a single day, even with multiple other chakra-taxing techniques, and recover from an over-usage much quicker. His skill grew to the point that he can use this technique on himself.[20]
Madara Uchiha later takes this eye from Kakashi in order to use it to warp into the other dimension to retrieve his remaining Rinnegan from Obito.[21] Later after Obito died, regaining both his true eyes beforehand, he transfers the powers of both Sharingan to Kakashi. This restored Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan but in both his own eyes, giving Kakashi both variations of Kamui, including its personal "intangibility", and the full strength of the eye set. This event also awakened Susanoo, able to quickly manifest a "stabilised" final form.[22] Kakashi also becomes able to use Kamui in unison with his other techniques, including producing Kamui Shuriken from Susanoo that warp whatever they strike and using Kamui Lightning Cutter, a technique that increases his Lightning Cutter's penetrative force while making Kakashi invulnerable to any counterattacks.
Obito Uchiha
After witnessing Rin Nohara dying at Kakashi's hands, Obito Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye simultaneously with Kakashi, who wielded Obito's left eye.[3] While manifesting in separate wielders, both eyes obtain the same Mangekyō designs as they are a matching set. Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan also allows him to use Kamui, able to teleport targets to its personal dimension and afterwards can teleport the target back to the normal dimension. This short-range ability however first requires Obito to make physical contact in the normal dimension with a target besides himself. In addition, Obito's right eye gives him a form of "intangibility", brought about by him teleporting portions of his body for short periods of time, no more than five minutes at a time, to the other dimension in order to avoid damage or pass through obstacles. This also provides Obito immunity from Kamui being used directly against him by another user since they both access the same dimensional space, though attacks being warped to the other dimension can bypass Obito's intangibility.[23] He can also combine the spatial distortion of the Kamui with his Fire Release techniques to create a massive vortex of flames.
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, while Black Zetsu took complete control of Obito's body, Madara implanted Obito's original left eye given to Kakashi back into Obito. After Black Zetsu separated from Obito, the Uchiha retained both his eyes. The said eye possesses a long-range variation of Kamui, able to teleport targets within its line of sight. With both eyes working on the same target, the process works twice as fast. Also with Kamui, Obito is able to access other dimensions besides its own by synchronising with other space-time techniques. However, doing so requires much more chakra.
During the battle with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, when Kaguya fatally struck Obito and turned him to ash, his eyes crumbled along with him. After dying, however, not wanting his friend to die, Obito's spirit appears within Kakashi's subconscious, transferring to Kakashi his chakra and Sharingan powers. This grants Kakashi the power to manifest both of Obito's Sharingan in the jōnin's own eyes, which also allowed him to awaken Susanoo.
Madara Uchiha
Madara Uchiha, along with his younger brother Izuna, were the first Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.[24] He eventually began to go blind from overusing it, and only by taking his younger brother's eyes did he regain his sight.[25][26] This also gave him an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan which granted him even greater power and no further fear of damage to his health or sight.[27] His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan looks like his original one, overlapping that of Izuna's.
Madara became one of the few to awaken Susanoo. Madara has multiple forms of Susanoo ranging from individual segments, a full-bodied form, and a "final" form that is gigantic and equal in power to that of a tailed beast.[28][29] He could also use his Susanoo to shape it around tailed beasts to strengthen and protect it from Hashirama Senju's control.[30][31]
At some point after manifesting his Rinnegan in both eyes, Madara secretly transplanted his own eyes into Nagato. After being resurrected during the Fourth Shinobi World War, a White Zetsu returned to Madara his right eye from Nagato's corpse. To regain his left eye, Madara stole Kakashi's Sharingan as a temporary replacement. Inheriting the power of Kamui from it, Madara is able to teleport targets to and from the other dimension.[32] Soon afterwards, Madara regained his true matching set of eyes.
Izuna Uchiha
Alongside his brother, Izuna Uchiha and Madara were the first two people in the clan to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.[24] Madara later took Izuna's eyes to regain his deteriorating vision.[25] There are somewhat conflicting accounts of how Madara acquired the eyes; some note that Izuna willingly gave up his eyes for the Uchiha clan's sake,[33][34] while others believe Madara selfishly took them by force.[25]
Sasuke Uchiha
Sasuke Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after learning the truth about his brother Itachi's selfless sacrifice; he was filled with grief from his brother's death and the role he played in it. The appearance of Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan is somewhat unique among those revealed thus far, which generally possess patterns centrifugally aligned along their pupils. His own spreads and converges along the edges of the irides, resulting in three intersecting ellipses that resemble an atom model.
With his "left eye" he can cast Amaterasu. It has been implied that his skill with these black flames surpasses Itachi's, as he is able to use Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi with his "right eye" to extinguish, or apply Shape Transformation to them at will. He has also shown a preference for his right eye when casting genjutsu, some powerful enough to break a target's will, and paralyse them.[35] Danzō Shimura stated that Sasuke's genjutsu is incapable of altering the victim's perception of time, and thus is vastly inferior to Itachi's Tsukuyomi.[36] After awakening the powers of both eyes, Sasuke became one of the rare few capable of invoking Susanoo. Sasuke's Susanoo develops in stages during various battles; he first starts using an incomplete version against the Fourth Raikage, develops a version capable of firing arrows while fighting with Danzō, and later forms a version similar to Itachi's during his battle with Kakashi.
Due to his high chakra reserves, Sasuke is able to use the Mangekyō Sharingan techniques more frequently than his brother. Sasuke can maintain Susanoo for extended periods of time, on top of using Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi several times a day along with other chakra-consuming techniques like the Chidori. Like with all other wielders, Sasuke's use of the Mangekyō Sharingan puts a great strain on Sasuke's body and eyes.
Initially, Sasuke refused to transplant Itachi's eyes to restore his vision, claiming that his views were different from Itachi's. However, after meeting Naruto again and being shocked at his determination to save Sasuke from his darkness, Sasuke decided to take Itachi's eyes so that he could kill Naruto with his full strength. His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan incorporates a straightened, reversed version of Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan design into the centre of his own. With his new eyes, the final form of his Susanoo takes on more ghastly features. According to Madara, the "straight tomoe" of the Mangekyō that he shares with Sasuke possesses superior movement reading capabilities, which led Madara to rule the eyes as fitting substitutes until his own eyes were returned to him.
Shisui Uchiha
Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan at some point through unknown means. It granted him the ability to cast powerful genjutsu techniques, the most powerful of his genjutsu arsenal being Kotoamatsukami.[37] This technique allowed him to manipulate an opponent's thoughts completely without them having the slightest idea that they were being controlled. Furthermore, this technique can be used without eye contact or even the need to uncover the eye if concealed.[38] The only drawback of using that technique was the fact that it couldn't be used again in a single eye until after a period of time.[39] In the anime, Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan also had the ability to manifest Susanoo. He could produce its complete form.[40]
Shisui's eyes had such highly coveted genjutsu prowess that his right eye was stolen by Danzō Shimura while he was still alive,[41] and in the anime attempted to steal the left eye as well. Shisui entrusted his left eye to Itachi Uchiha and told him to protect the village and the clan's name;[41] Shisui then made it appear as though he had crushed his own eyes in order to prevent a feud over them and erased his existence, though it was thought that he was drowned by Itachi in the Naka River.[42]
Unlike other known individual Mangekyo Sharingan techniques, Shisui's left and right eye seem to have the exact abilities while other Mangekyo Sharingan pairs have abilities differing from minor details to being in a completely different classification.
Danzō Shimura
As tension between the Uchiha and Konohagakure grew, determined to protect the village in his own way, Danzō realised that potential usage of Shisui's eyes and managed to steal his right eye. Upon implanting it into himself, Danzō obtained access to Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, using it whenever the situation seemed necessary to manipulate people to suit his interest. Danzō also retained Shisui's ability to induce Sharingan-based genjutsu without eye-contact or exposing the eye. As the transplanted eye caused much more strain to the chakra reserves of a non-Uchiha like Danzō, the elderly ninja infused some of Hashirama Senju's DNA into himself, drastically reducing the timespan between each usage of this technique. After the Five Kage Summit, as Danzō neared death from his battle against Sasuke, not wanting the enemy to wield Shisui's power, Danzō crushed the eye before dying.[43]
Itachi's Crow
After Shisui entrusted his left eye to his best friend, Itachi implanted it into a crow.[44] Unlike other Sharingan-wielders, this crow appeared unable to personally control its power, instead having Itachi program the Sharingan to activate in certain situations and unleash a pre-set command with Kotoamatsukami. Itachi anticipated Sasuke's potential desire to destroy Konohagakure should he learn the truth of the Uchiha Massacre. Not wanting his younger brother to walk down such a dark path, Itachi programmed Shisui's eye to react Itachi's with the command to protect the village, knowing also that Sasuke would eventually transplant Itachi's eyes to escape the blinding side-effect from over-using his own Mangekyō Sharingan, storing the crow inside Naruto for his inevitable encounter with Sasuke. After this plan failed, having a change of heart for Sasuke's best interest and not wanting the enemy to obtain Shisui's eye, Itachi incinerated the crow and dōjutsu.
Born with his father, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's, strong chakra and spiritual energy, Indra had his own dōjutsu, a diluted version of his father's which became known as the Sharingan. In addition to being the first to have this particular eye, he was also the first one to awaken the Mangekyō form of it and likewise to wield the devastating power of Susanoo. Much like a small handful of his future descendants, Indra was able to form a large and complete body of the ethereal protector that he could hover inside; protected from most dangers.
Black Zetsu
In the Fourth Shinobi World War, Madara, who had previously stolen Kakashi's Sharingan, implanted Obito's left eye into its original owner, who Black Zetsu merged with and had complete control over. With the power of both eyes and their respective variations of Kamui, Black Zetsu is able to teleport targets to and from the other dimension.[45] After separating from Obito, Black Zetsu left the eyes with Obito.
Anime-only Mangekyō Sharingan Forms
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan Forms
- Originally in the series, Itachi Uchiha was shown using techniques exclusive to the Mangekyō Sharingan without having it active.[citation needed] This is because Kishimoto had not revealed the appearance of the Mangekyō Sharingan yet.[citation needed] A true form of the Mangekyō Sharingan was first seen, from Itachi, while Sasuke remembered the events leading to the Uchiha Clan Massacre as he fought with Naruto Uzumaki at the Valley of the End.[citation needed]
- In the anime, in the fight against A, the internal intersection lines of Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan are replaced by a circle.[46]
- In the anime, when Kakashi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to warp away Sasuke's Susanoo's arrows, the black and red colours became inverted.[47]
- The manners in which an individual gains the Mangekyō Sharingan are almost parallel to how an Uchiha awakens their regular Sharingan for the first time, since both need intense emotions to awaken them.
- For uncertain reasons, Obito Uchiha showed no signs of deteriorating eyesight, despite his very regular use of Kamui.
- Kakashi Hatake is the only known non-Uchiha to possess the Mangekyo Sharingan in both eyes.
- So far, only they have shown the ability to apply Shape Transformation to their Susanoo.[48][49]
- ↑ Third Databook, pages 274-275
- ↑ Naruto chapter 224, pages 7-8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Naruto chapter 605, page 4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 386, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 657, page 8
- ↑ Naruto chapter 681, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 688
- ↑ Naruto chapter 385, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 386, pages 7-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 488, page 17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 515, page 5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 386, pages 7-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 606, page 12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 550, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 148, page 7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 278, pages 6-7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 276, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 424, pages 16-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 484, page 6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 608, pages 3-7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 674, pages 15-17
- ↑ Naruto, chapter 688, page 17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 599, page 8
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Naruto chapter 386, page 6
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Naruto chapter 386, pages 7-8
- ↑ Naruto chapter 624, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 386, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 589, page 16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 589, page 7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 621, pages 5-7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 626, pages 6-7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 674, page 17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 399, pages 3-4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 624, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 408, page 4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 478, page 3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 550, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 550, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 550, page 12
- ↑ Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution OVA
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Naruto chapter 590, page 6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 552, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 482, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 403, pages 2-8
- ↑ Naruto chapter 676, page 1
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 203
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 214
- ↑ Naruto chapter 621, page 2
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Internet marketing has fast become one of the most prominent ways to cultivate clients/prospects in the Real Estate business. So what does your website, blog or social networking sites need to keep your clients coming back – LISTINGS! Listing data is one of the most important tools for your internet marketing platform. This can be a manual task, but is more effective if somehow done with an automated process – RE/Advantage has just what you need!
RE/Advantage offers an IDX solution that is fully branded and customized to the user IDX (Internet Data Exchange) is a way to put the listings of your local MLS on your website. This allows you to bring an interested buyer to YOUR website rather then having them go searching on another website. Having someone stay on your website is the key to getting leads funneled to you.
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'Wowowillie' Raises the Bar in Noontime Shows Starting this Saturday, January 26
TV5 teams up with Wil Productions in raising the bar in noontime viewing with a new show for Filipinos here and in any of the 79 countries and territories reached by global channel Kapatid TV5. "We're very excited to bring Wowowillie to every household because this is TV5's first daily noontime variety show. The management feels that the Network is ready to field Wowowillie in the noontime slot in our mission to provide our daytime viewers more options," said Perci Intalan, TV5's first vice president for Creative and Entertainment Production.
The charismatic host will be joined by Mariel Rodriguez, Grace Lee and Camille Villar in the new daily noontime show. Kuya Wil also introduces TV5 princess Arci Munoz, Ava Jugueta of PYT (Pretty Young Thing), sexy comedienne Ethel Booba and show mainstay Lovely Abella to complete the hosts' line-up.
The show introduces new segment formats that will bring fun and excitement to daytime in its new home, the Wowowillie Studio — a 1,100-seater state-of-the-art studio along Quezon Avenue that houses the most advanced equipment for live shows.
Pinoy Explorer host Aga Muhlach and Kidlat lead star Derek Ramsay are expected to appear on Saturday's show. Some of TV5's rising stars, including Ritz Azul, Eula Caballero, Jazz Ocampo, Meg Imperial and Carla Humphries, will also join Artista Academy's Sophie Albert, Vin Abrenica, Chanel Morales, Shaira Mae, Mark Neumann and Akihiro Blanco in the celebration. Kapatid leading men Daniel Matsunaga, Wendell Ramos, JC De Vera, Edgar Allan Guzman, Rainier Castillo, Alwyn Uytingco and Martin Escudero will also be present.
Mr. Pure Energy Gary V, soul siren Nina, Yeng Constantino and maestro Ryan Cayabyab are also slated to perform. Black Eyed Peas' Apl.De.Ap, meanwhile, will join Pinoy rock bands Kamikazee and Parokya ni Edgar in one epic number. Vocal powerhouse Side A, Wency Cornejo, Ebe Dancel, Lloyd Umali, Luke Mijares, Brenan, Lou Bonnevie and Basil Valdez will also perform for the studio audience and home viewers alike.
Regine Angeles, Nina Jose, Charee Pineda, Meg Imperial, Mocha Uson, Wendy Valdez, Erika Padilla, Jamilla Obispo, Sexbomb dancers Aira, Jopay, Louise, Che-che and Mia will also raise temperatures alongside several members of the Philippine Azkals.
Meanwhile, stand-up comedians Ate Gay, Le Chaz, Anton, Trizsha, Shawie, Kim Idol and Bonito will share the stage with Empoy, Brod Pete, Tado, Mr. Fu, IC Mendoza, Shalala and The Alabang Housewives Pamela and Vanessa for a comic production number.
Make sure to catch "Wowowillie" this coming Saturday, January 26, at 11:30am for a show full of fun, laughs, music and prizes only on TV5.


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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Summary
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The Fast and The Glorious...
Latest Updates
EA's "first look at the return" of Need for Speed this Thursday, May 21st
More Need for Speed is on the way after EA has updated the series Facebook page with a teaser for this Thursday. The main page's banner when brightened showed two cars racing at night, with some pointing to Underground.
Ghost Games is leading the nitrous fuelled charge this time, and has said a return to the Underground offshoot could happen if demand was there amongst fans, and mentioned Frostbite 3 making an appearance if so.
Need for Speed starring Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul begins filming in Georgia
The film adaptation of Need for Speed has started production in the town of Macon, Georgia. It stars former Batman actor Michael Keaton and Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul who plays Jesse in the hit TV show.
A local news network reported on the filming letting residents know Hollywood-types were invading the town and shutting down roads. No traffic in the way? Doesn't sound like Need for Speed.
Criterion say it's "time to make something new" away from racing games
Burnout and Need for Speed rebooter extraordinaire, Criterion Games, won't be leaving tire tracks all over our desktops and TVs with their next release. The studio is drifting off into the sunset with the racing genre.
Boss man Alex Ward says that after a decade of tricked out wheels pummelling asphalt it's "time to make something new." No, before you ask, there's not another Black coming.
Rumour: Criterion 'rebooting' Need for Speed: Underground? [UPDATE]
UPDATE: "Totally fake. Remakes and Reboots?" tweet Criterion.
Another subtitled adventure within the Need for Speed series is getting the Criterion reboot treatment, according to rumour, and this time it'll be Underground. It will apparently be set in a new Bayview City.
An anonymous party sent in a proposed logo for this reboot, saying it was in development for Xbox 360. Oddly the logo includes landmarks like Big Ben and the Coliseum. Something's not right.
Need for Speed film starring Aaron Paul in murder, jail, revenge plot
The story for the upcoming Need for Speed film from DreamWorks has been revealed. The premise centres around Aaron Paul's character getting framed for a friend's murder and then seeking revenge.
Actor Dominic Cooper is currently tipped to star opposite as male lead Dino, an ex-NASCAR racer who builds a business out of modifying cars. Need for Speed should screen February 7th, 2014.


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Canadian Government Hybrid Car Tax Incentives
The Conservative government released its annual busget this Mar19th,2007 and made many commitments to fuel efficient cars.
Among the most popular measures introduced was the tax credit for purchasing fuel efficient cars. A basic $1000 rebate for automobiles getting 6.5 L/100 km or less and larger vans, truck and SUV's getting 8.3 L/100. There is even an additional $1000 tax credit available based on values exceeding those above (a Toyota Prius could get the maximum $2000). E-85 vehicles will also be eligable for the credits. For those of you living in P.E.I. that means nearly $5000 dollars of incentives are available as PEI is one of the few proactive provinces offering it's own tax breaks.
One of the most surprising measures introduced was the plan to charge levies on inefficient gas guzzlers starting with the 2011 model year. This went much further than most optimistic environmentalists will admit.
On top of this they plan to start leading by example. The federal government has 26000 automobiles and they are targeting a 15% reduction in green house gas production over 2003 levels.
This budget left many environmentalists scratching their heads. They have generally opposed the Conservative government as their initial mandates and election promising were decidely anti enviroment but their actions after 1 year in office are better than they could of hoped for. Not surprisingly many of them are still anti Conservative even though this is the most pro environmentally friendly budget ever released in canada, they're a stubburn and ignorant bunch sometimes.
As long as the policies are good who cares what party is in charge, come on environmentalists, admit they're doing a good job and start backing these great measures.
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Praying and ice-cream
Last week, I took my grandchildren to a restaurant.
My six-year-old grandson asked if he could say grace.
As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Grandpa gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all! Amen!"
Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby, I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream! Why, I never!"
Hearing this, my grand-son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?"
As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job, and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table.
He winked at my grand-son and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer."
"Really?" my grand-son asked.
"Cross my heart," the man replied. Then, in a theatrical whisper, he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), "Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes."
Naturally, I bought my grand-children ice cream at the end of the meal. My grandson stared at his for a moment, and then did something I will remember the rest of my life.
He picked up his sundae and, without a word, walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, "Here, this is for you. Shove it up your ass you grouchy old bitch! "
Touches the heart doesn't it?
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Neil Young 'A Treasure' gallery interview from Chicago
Above is a great video clip with Neil Young being interviewed recently interspersed with classic mid 80's footage of him along with The International Harvesters performing the previously unreleased "Amber Jean" taken from the 1984 television show Nashville Now TV. The rare recording, with the great back story to it, can be found on Young's new Reprise Records release A Treasure which was released this month and is available at Amoeba Music in stores and online.
A Treasure is just the latest gem uncovered in the seemingly never ending archives of Neil Young's musical legacy. Recorded in 1984 and 1985 when Young toured with the International Harvesters - a band comprised of both many of his regular sidemen musicians along with some of Nashville's studio heavyweights such as Rufus Thibodeaux (fiddle) and Hargus (Pig) Robbins (piano). What makes this recording so special, beyond the fact that it is simply great rockin' country music, is that Young, ever the musician true to his heart, ignored the naysayers who told him that no one wanted to hear him play this kind of music. At the time Young was warned by his label that no radio programmer would touch this music. The fact that today this music would fit in the format of any alt-country station merely proves what a visionary Neil Young has always been. Buy A Treaure online from Amoeba for $13.98 with free shipping in the US.


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FREAK CIRCUS with Jack Beats
Ruby Skye
Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 9:00 PM (PDT)
Jack Beats have a plan. That plan involves taking the very best, most spectacularly effective pieces from a vast array of different musical genres and blending them together into an irrepressible force that detonates on contact. When you lay it out like that it all seems quite simple really, doesn't it?
"It's all in the influences," says Niall Dailly, the Scottish half of the band. "There's always room for a drum n bass breakbeat, or an old rave riff, or a vintage house sample."
"It might be a hip hop loop, some unlikely, twisted up dubstep bassline or a more minimal techno feel," says the other half of the band, Ben Geffin. "All these ideas are fed into what we do in the studio. And suddenly…"
"Suddenly it sort of works!" laughs Niall. "We just love hybrid music. So now we're making our own brand of hybrid music and shaking it all up a bit."
Niall and Ben describe the release of their mini albums as a "summing up" of everything they've experienced to this point. "They're a showcase of everything that we've got going on," says Niall. "We've really got the bit between our teeth here. We're always trying to be original and do something different. That's the hip hop side of us; because in that culture, if you weren't being original, if you were biting other people's ideas, you'd be out of a job."
Through their six singles and a string of monstrous remixes for the likes of Skream, Beyoncé, Aloe Blacc, Big Boi, Florence & The Machine and La Roux they have formed a relationship with an increasingly hungry audience.
"We're in a world of our own," Ben says. "We've always made music that's quite forward-thinking and different. So much so that, sometimes, we're not sure whether anyone else is even into it. There's a bit of fortune-telling going on in what we do, but we both have patience, we never release anything until we know it's absolutely right."
For Niall and Ben the joy in music is in the idea and its execution. They're relentlessly moving forward and they're intent on bringing us all with them.
"There's nothing more satisfying than when we've done something that we think might go over everyone's heads and six months later everyone loves it! It gives you more confidence in the weirdness of your ideas…"
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STERLING — A rare Poitou donkey has been born in Massachusetts.
STERLING — A rare Poitou donkey has been born in Massachusetts.
The male donkey was born Saturday at Davis Farmland, a petting zoo, spray park and sanctuary for rare farm breeds, located in the central Massachusetts town of Sterling.
Co-owner Larry Davis says there are only about 100 purebred Poitou donkeys in the world. They were once widespread work animals on farms around the world, but fell out of favor with the rise of modern motorized machinery.
The baby donkey's parents are Duke and Duchess, two adults who came to Davis Farmland together from Tennessee just over a year ago.
Taller than conventional donkeys, Poitou donkeys have long shaggy hair.
Davis Farmland is holding a contest to name the new addition.
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I'm trying to debug a VI application that uses a SQL server database. I'm
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In the ASP Application_OnStart, the connect string is setup:
Application("DBConnectString") = "DSN=MyDatabase;UID=sa;PWD=;"
This variable is passed to VB components that connect to the database. I
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applications hitting the same VB DLL component.
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AwesomenessTV has hired former Blip CEO Kelly Day to be its chief digital officer and oversee its network of YouTube channels, the company said Tuesday. A former executive at Discovery and AOL, Day ran Blip for a little over a year and stepped down last fall when Maker Studios bought Blip.
Since leaving Maker, Day has joined another prominent multi-channel network, and one of YouTube's greatest success stories. Director and producer Brian Robbins founded AwesomenessTV to create programming for the voracious group of teens and tweens that once watched his shows "Smallville" and "One Tree Hill." After amassing a huge audience in one year, he sold the company to DreamWorks Animation, and has taken on all sorts of new responsibilities since doing so.
Also read: AwesomenessTV Will Net $95M From DreamWorks Animation Deal
Day will focus on the network part of Awesomeness' business, growing its existing channels, and secure distribution for its shows on new websites and international TV stations. AwesomenessTV's flagship channel has 1.2 million subscribers.
"Kelly has a strong track record for building multi-platform brands and businesses, which makes her invaluable as we expand AwesomenessTV into new areas," Robbins said in a statement. "We have an ambitious growth strategy planned for 2014, and Kelly will play a key role on our growing senior management team."
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Of all the sights, sounds and sensations stamped in my mind from my week in Malawi, one stands out above all others: Everlasting's laugh. Our brilliantly-named driver was guide, companion and entertainer over several hours and countless bumpy miles around this sliver of sub-Saharan Africa, and his protracted guffaws were a law unto themselves. Oscillating from meek titters to all-out howls, they inevitably provoked a similar reaction from everyone else in the car, in turn sparking more from him, and fusing into one constant comic chain.
Everlasting was a font of near eternal mirth: giggling as he pointed out the upturned bottles outside houses that signified a moonshine manufacturer; chuckling as he gestured towards tyre merchants and Catholic churches; and all-out chest-heaving when we asked why he kept ignoring his wife's calls on one of his mobile phones.
We were visiting the country for the annual Lake Of Stars festival on the southern shores of Lake Malawi, followed by a short safari at a luxury camp in Liwonde National Park, but it turned out to be the unforeseen elements of the trip - the journeys between these destinations, the daytime excursions, the incidental events - that proved most memorable in Malawi.
The five hour drive from Lilongwe's airport to the festival, for example, went by in a haze of lethargy from either jetlag or the anti-malarials or possibly both, and offered initial glimpses of a continent I'd only experienced second hand. Burnt orange earth banks, sporadic tenements, police checkpoints and bunches of locals selling newspapers and sweets went by in a flash. Curious stares and manic waves accompanied us the whole way from children and adults alike, not least when we stopped at the Boyz Pub - essentially a brick shell with a TV hanging off the wall and a fridge full of beers.
The festival, meanwhile, mixing international acts from America, the UK and Japan with homegrown talent and one band who drove for five days from South Africa to play, was great fun (and covered in more depth on NME), but it was a shared carton of Chibuku Shake Shake (a strange, boozy concoction with, it must be said, vomity notes) with the locals in the nearby market that will stay with me longer than any of the performances.
Of course it was impossible not be moved by the obvious stuff: the local school, where children swarmed and knocked me to the floor for the chance of seeing themselves on my tiny SLR screen; the book bus, a travelling library surrounded by story-hungry kids; the HIV clinic, where locals are reluctantly starting to take the test and where one man tried to hustle some of the festival-goers into a jab, causing them to recoil in horror. At the school I met a pupil called Ronard. He followed us around, sold some homemade peanut butter and showed me his dusty patch of earth in the gardens, promising it will one day yield vegetables. He wrote down my email address but I never heard from him.
We were taken to meet a group of ladies under a tree in a nearby village, recipients of money from an organisation called Microloan who provide small loans to start small businesses. They stood up one by one and, through a translator, told us how they had used the money to make a living. It was moving stuff, as was the way they greeted and waved off our bus singing. Much like Everlasting's laugh these women possessed an inherent musicality we witnessed again and again on our trip, and Foals' afrobeat-inflected headline set at the festival later than night merely underlined Africa's irrepressible pulse and its influence on the rest of the world.
It felt a bit wrong to disappear off into a posh resort to spot animals through binoculars after all that, and it turned out the place was more like a prison than a boutique retreat. It was reached by boat like an Alcatraz with better linens; each day began at 5.30am with oatcakes and tea; meals were non-negotiable; safaris were strictly scheduled. Leisure time, meanwhile, was only permitted for half an hour between the afternoon drive and evening drinks. It was lockdown after nightfall and you had to beat a drum if you needed someone to emerge from the darkness and safely escort you to another secure location.
Of course we ticked off all the requisite beasts roaming the big wild nothingness of Liwonde National Park (alligators, monkeys, hippos - they hadn't introduced the cats by this point), watching wildlife from a raised platform and sharing a deserted swimming pool with several simians.
My impressions of Africa were abstract and recycled before. They're much more concrete now. I've fallen in love with the continent and want to return, to travel further and for longer. I was frequently told, by grizzled veteran travellers of the continent, that Malawi is "Africa for beginners". If that really is so, then I hope to graduate to intermediate soon.
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As we manage our farm business during volatile times, it's more important than ever to manage risk. For the past several years, farmers have enjoyed strong profit margins in most sectors. However, over time high market prices tend to create high production costs. Margins are bound to tighten during the coming years.
Interest rates, land rents, ownership expenses, government intervention, variable production expense, equipment and energy will all pressure margins. As margins tighten, access to capital could become one of your largest hurdles. Strong working capital with the ability to manage cash flow will be an absolute for a lender to fund your operating line of credit.
"Margins are bound to tighten ... access to capital could become one of your largest hurdles."
The relationship you have with your lender and their trust in your management capability will also weigh heavily on access to capital. With the current conditions, most farmers have good cash flow and capital access; therefore, now is a great time to develop new relationships with potential lenders in case a change is needed down the road.
Ag lenders are flush with cash available for all sorts of on-farm needs. As the ag environment changes, lending requirements (loan size), regulations, banking focus and priorities will adjust. We must keep close tabs on our lenders, just as they are focused on the quality of our business decisions.
Bench Benefits. The breakup of a lender-farmer relationship is a two-way street. Let's assume your lender informs you of an internal change and will no longer be able to meet the needs of your operation. What would your response be? If you had 30 days to transition to another lender, are you prepared? Do you have the proper documentation ready to present to another lender under short notice?
Even though switching lenders might be unlikely, working through the process and developing new relationships could open new doors. Time spent discussing possibilities with a different lender is a good business practice. Share your plans. Learn about interest rate opportunities and other possible benefits. Just as you shop around for machinery, it's important to know what your options are when managing your financial health.
Transition is never easy. Having a "lender on the bench" in case you need to make a change will make the adjustment much less painful. I recommend having at least one if not two other lenders who have a complete and full understanding of your financial position. While building these relationships, you will refine your skills of putting together the proper information to acquire low interest rates with the best services in the industry.
Lead the Lender. Below is a list of topics to discuss and work through with your current lender. Once you have refined these with your current lender, it's fairly easy to duplicate the information and sit down with a prospective lender.
1. Build a written strategic business plan that clearly defines your goals and business objectives for the next 3 to 5 years.
2. Communicate with your lender at least twice a year to review any changes or adjustments to this plan.
3. Discuss potential challenges up front in order to minimize the possibility of any surprises.
4. Review specific cash flow and margin projections to ensure an understanding of your financial position. Review short-, intermediate- and long-term loans.
5. Examine current interest rates and discuss options.
6. Analyze your current financial ratios.
7. Develop a "Plan B" in case your original plan would run into any significant challenges.
Having multiple lender options might be the key for your operation's success if the agricultural economy were to experience a downturn. If something happens to your lender and you're depending on their services, it's nice to know that within days you could have a seamless transition to another lender.
Chris Barron is director of operations and president of Carson and Barron Farms Inc. in Rowley, Iowa. He is also a farm business consultant and the author of the AgWeb.com blog "Ask a Margins Expert." To submit questions and comments, e-mail Chris at [email protected].


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Will Smith's career strategy is not a mystery. He's spoken in the past about choosing roles because they would be blockbusters, about deliberately deciding not to pursue the kind of interesting and diverse roles like he did back in the Six Degrees of Separation days because he valued A-list success over credibility. And that strategy has served Smith well—he's one of the biggest, most successful celebrities in the world, so powerful he can foist his children on us as second-gen prototypes and no one blinks an eye.
But still. Will Smith is a f*cking moron.
He has to look no further than his buddy Tom Cruise to see what happens to action stars when there is no safety net, no backup plan. Cruise is not untalented, but his bread and butter has been for so long big explosiony action flicks that he struggles to establish himself in any other genre (see also: Rock of Ages). And even the action genre isn't being particularly kind—Jack Reacher didn't deliver like he needed it to. Cruise, once invincible, is looking vulnerable. Some of that is because Cruise is a total nutcase and Smith isn't (so far), but the rarified environment of the movie star is changing. It's all about franchises, hyphenates (being "just an actor" is not enough anymore) and versatility. Will Smith, like Tom Cruise, looks a little inflexible, locked into his sci-fi/action blockbuster niche.
But Smith had a chance to take a new tack. He had a plum opportunity put before him, a chance to remind people that there is more than the celebrity persona and action star, that there is a person of talent and substance operating behind the business acumen. He had Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino's biggest movie to date, in his hands. And he turned it down.
Why? Because Django, the guy in the title who had the entire third act of the movie to himself, whose narrative arc drives the action of the entire film and who is practically the only character with actual development, wasn't the lead. Smith didn't pass on Django for morality reasons. At least that's not how he's explaining it. Smith passed on Django because he wanted to be more The Lead than The Lead. It's probably for the best that he passed because 1) Jamie Foxx was amazing and 2) the combined force of Smith's ego and Tarantino's big fat head probably would have been enough to open up a black hole. But, if we're taking his rationale on face value, it's an incredibly short-sighted view for Smith to take on his career.
"Django wasn't the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. The other character was the lead!" Smith says that before he left the project, he even pleaded with Tarantino to let Django have a more central role in the story. "I was like, 'No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!'" (Ironically, Waltz was considered a supporting actor during his Oscar-winning award season, while Jamie Foxx was promoted as the movie's lead.) But no hard feelings: Smith was a big fan of the final product. "I thought it was brilliant," he says. "Just not for me."
Smith makes a valid point: "the other guy" (Christoph Waltz) was a major character—shades of category fraud with Waltz's Oscar win—but so was Django. It was a juicy part, the kind that would have pretty much guaranteed Smith an Oscar. Even in the face of Daniel Day-Lewis, I don't think the Academy could resist rewarding Smith, who is very popular, for going outside the box with Tarantino like that. But instead he passed and went on to make Men in Black III and After Earth. You're really setting the world on fire there, Will.
Sometimes you have to play a long game. Sometimes you have to ask what happens when you can no longer convince an audience you can save the world. Sometimes you have to backseat the ego. Even if it means eating Tarantino's.


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The department of music at Hope College will present the Young Artists Piano Competition on Saturday, Jan. 16.
The competition will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel and will be followed by a Winners Recital at 2:30 p.m. Competitors are being required to perform two or more pieces of their choice totaling 15-20 minutes of music.
The public is invited to all parts of the competition. Admission is free.
The Young Artists Piano Competition was open to high school pianists ages 13 through 18 located in the Midwest United States. Last month approximately 10 finalists were chosen to compete for the cash prize and a free lesson with both Andrew Le and Adam Clark of the Hope College music faculty.
"We are very excited to bring these young people in for this special event," said Clark, who is organizing the event and is an assistant professor of music at Hope. "The competition serves as a wonderful opportunity for them to develop as musicians, to compete in a professional and collegial environment, and to demonstrate to the public that this art form is alive and well in the hands of this up-and-coming generation."
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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Capitol Chat In this week's Capitol Chat, reporter Katie Orr updates on the on-going FBI investigation into Senator Ron Calderon. She was outside his offices in Sacramento this earlier this week when the FBI conducted a raid there. We'll also hear how budget negotiations are going and the latest on California's high-speed rail construction.
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Crime Victims and Realignment Opponents of California's new policy of shifting responsibility for criminals from state prison to county jails and probation to ease overcrowding often say the practice is unfair to victims of crime. But a new survey shows 65 percent of California crime victims actually support realignment. The survey also paints a picture of who crime victims are and what they need and think that sometimes differs from their portrayals in public debates about criminal justice matters. We'll talk about different ideas for keeping people safe with a woman whose husband was killed while working as a police officer and the Director of Californians for Safety and Justice Lenore Anderson, who recently released the report.
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Surviving Parenthood Dawn Dais is a freelance writer and graphic designer. The Sacramento mom is also about to welcome baby No. 2, which makes her a pretty good candidate to author a self-help book for new parents. Her book, "The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year," was recently released and she'll be at the Avid Reader in Davis this Sunday to talk about it. She joins us today to offer insight into the perils of breastfeeding and why newborns aren't always cute.
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Quinn Hedges Singer-songwriter Quinn Hedges' sweet lyrics and bluesy guitar create a great soundtrack for both a peaceful meditation and a good time dancing. The Quinn Hedges Band, based in Sacramento, will be performing at the "Concert in the Park" series this Friday and has recently added two new members to its lineup.
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Union suit
A union suit is a type of one-piece long underwear. Created in Utica, New York, United States, it originated as women's wear during the 19th-century United States clothing reform efforts, as an alternative to constricting garments, and soon gained popularity among men as well. The first union suit was patented in 1868 as "emancipation union under flannel".[1] Traditionally made of red flannel with long arms and long legs, it buttoned up the front and had a button-up flap in the rear covering the buttocks (colloquially known as the "access hatch", "drop seat", "fireman's flap", and other names), allowing the wearer to eliminate bodily waste without removing the garment. Depending on the size, some union suits can have a dozen buttons on the front to be fastened through buttonholes from the neck down to the groin area.
The garment remained in common use in North America into the 20th century. As its popularity waned, it became chiefly working men's wear, increasingly replaced by two-piece long underwear, also known as "long johns". It was not uncommon until the mid-20th century for rural men to wear the same union suit continuously all week, or even all winter.[citation needed] Normally, no other type of underwear was worn with it.[citation needed]
Union suits are still commercially available, but because of their association with "old fashioned" usage, and presumedly "unsophisticated" rural wearers, they are considered comical. The rear flap is also associated with humor, and in film and television the appearance of a union suit, viewed from behind, is a form of mild toilet humor. Back to the Future III, The 1999 movie adaptation of The Wild Wild West, the TV series Rugrats, and the Family Guy episode "No Meals on Wheels" are among those that used the rear flap on union suits for comical effects.
The union suit makes an appearance in Louisa May Alcott's book Eight Cousins, as a preferred alternative to corsetry under the name 'Liberty Suit'. It also makes a presence in the 2003 film Cold Mountain. The union suit is referred to several times in Laura Ingalls Wilder's books about pioneer life during the mid-to-late 19th century in the United States, and in Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mockingbird. In the expansion Undead Nightmare for the game Red Dead Redemption, the player begins play wearing a union suit and can choose to continue to wear it throughout the game, if desired.
In Britain, this garment has often been known as "combinations". When made from the traditional wool as recommended by Gustav Jäger, these are "woolly combinations"—sometimes abbreviated to "woolly coms".
See also[edit]
- ^ "Reforming Fashion, 1850–1914". The Historic Costume Collection. Ohio State University. Retrieved 2006-10-21.


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A person who encounters various incidents throughout his life is constantly being tested by them. Through these incidents a person displays his faith, submission and closeness to Allah Who grants this life and countless blessings.
A person's lower self wants everything to be in perfect order. However, as a requisite of the trial of this world, numerous things do not proceed as expected. While one thinks circumstances to be favourable, things may well take a turn that seem unfavorable at first sight. In such a circumstance, what befalls a believer is to be aware that, just as it the case for every second of one's life, there is good in everything. One needs to remember that everything a person expects to happen may not turn out to be good for him. In Surat al-Baqara Allah relates that what a human assumes to be good may be evil while what he assumes to be evil may be good:
... It may be that you hate something when it is good for you and it may be that you love something when it is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not know.( Surat Al-Baqara, 216 )
No matter how a person strives to take measures against such circumstances that one considers as a problem at first sight, he sometimes can not help to face them. That is simply because every happening including the slightest detail of one's life is a component of the destiny Allah predetermines for a person. A person can see the way how the destiny predetermined by Allah proceeds and its consequences only in time. Allah's preordination is the most auspicious one. Unaware of what lies underneath, a person who interprets the events solely from their outward appearance may be deluded to think how things have taken such a turn while everything was—according to him—proceeding in its way. With a concerned, apprehensive outlook that is distant and distrustful to Allah, he reacts to incidents almost behind the veil of heedlessness, without exercising his wisdom and conscience.
A person of faith who befriends Allah and wholeheartedly puts his trust in Him, on the other hand, considers the hidden aspect of an event. He knows that nothing can occur other than what is destined for him by Allah. He conducts himself in the awareness that everything proceeds under the sway of Allah. In the Surah Yunus it is related that everything Allah knows everything:
You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an or do any action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it. Not even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on Earth or in Heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Clear Book. (Surah Yunus, 61)
A person of pure mind who evaluates every single moment of his life in the light of the Quran with his faith, wisdom and conscience has faith that Allah, our true Helper and Friend, creates everything with goodness, no matter how difficult circumstances may seem. He also knows that Allah certainly protects him and thus puts his trust in Him.
He knows that being patient and putting trust in Allah in a situation that seems most difficult will absolutely earn him great rewards in Allah's Sight and His admiration, provided that he remains distant to fears, that is to say, distrust in Allah.
Though he, himself, is unable to grasp, he shows patience believing by heart that Allah knows what the most auspiciuos is. One may not see the immediate results of this attitude in this world but he believes that Allah, his sole Friend, will absolutely give the best rewards in the Hereafter and that he will earn Allah's admiration and approval. He has faith that, even insignificant, anything he does solely to earn Allah's approval will not remain unrewarded and that Allah will be aware of it and never forget it. Indeed in the Qur'an Allah states that in the Hereafter He will reward every deed, though it may be the size of a mustard seed:
We will set up the Just Balance on the Day of Rising and no self will be wronged in any way. Even if it is no more than the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, We will produce it. We are sufficient as a Reckoner. (Surat al-Anbiya, 47)
Consequently, negative spiritual reactions shown in the face of incidents such as panic, affliction, despair or believing to be wronged by others are only ways to wrong oneself. These are also states of mind incompatible with the Qur'an that a person of profound faith never experiences. That is because only Allah, Who is aware of everything, brings about a deed. If Allah wills something, its non-realization or a change in it is impossible, unless otherwise willed again by Him. Apart from that, for a person who befriends Allah, Allah changes every incident to something auspicious. He creates something good that he never expects. If Allah wills something auspicious, even if the entire world joins its forces, no one can intervene or prevent it. The goodness, beauty, love, respect and protection that Allah wills for that sincere person absolutely manifests for that person. In the Qur'An, Allah relates that nothing happens unless otherwise willed by Him:
Say: 'Who is going to shield you from Allah if He desires evil for you or desires mercy for you?' They will find no one to protect or help them besides Allah. ( Surat al-Ahzab, 17)
If Allah helps you, no one can vanquish you. If He forsakes you, who can help you after that? So the muminun should put their trust in Allah.(Surah Al 'Imran, 160)
If Allah afflicts you with harm, no one can remove it except Him. If He desires good for you, no one can avert His favour. He bestows it on whichever of His slaves He wills. He is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surah Yunus, 107)
A person of faith should always keep in mind that no one except Allah can have any intervention in any event. Disremembering this fact drifts one into heedlessness. Satan may delude people into thinking that events proceed on its own, that people intervene events by themselves and mislead the events. However this is utterly an inculcation of satan which breaks one's spirit and prevents him from assessing events with a sound mind.
However if Allah wills something good, there is noone who can hinder it. For this reason what befalls a Muslim is never to swerve from trusting in Allah all through his life. He needs to display a precise determination and patience. He acts with the awareness that what befalls him are only trials to make him deserve the Garden. In return for the perseverance he displays, he expects to live in the Garden for all eternity as a person who has earned Allah's love and good consent. For this reason a person of faith perseveres in forbearance and putting trust in Allah until death comes to him.2010-02-18 23:18:32


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São Paulo, Brazil Editora Hogrefe CETEPP
Founded in 1995 as Centro Editor de Testes e Pesquisas em Psicologia (CETEPP)
Part of the Hogrefe Publishing Group since 2015
General Manager Marianne Güntert Fleury
About us
Located in the city of São Paulo, Editora Hogrefe CETEPP consists of a young and dedicated team of Brazilian psychologists, publishers and experienced staff. We value our collaborative atmosphere and are in constant contact with European colleagues in order to be able to offer what best suits Brazilian psychologists and professionals working in related areas.
Core Products and Activities
Our core values are our commitment to quality and respect for our customers, partners and clients. We deal with the Brazilian diversity on a daily basis, and work toward finding solutions and seizing opportunities together with our wide net of distributors who are located in every state and big city in Brazil.
Our portfolio of tests includes the tests such as the d2 and WMT-2 as well as DIA-X (Pfister) and WZT (Wartegg). In addition, we import important tests like Rorschach® and Zulliger Plates.
Today, as part of the Hogrefe Publishing Group, we are updating and broadening our publishing activities and are providing Brazil with internationally important tools like Hogrefe Testsystem 5 (HTS-5) and the SON test family, which are making a big difference in the daily practice of Brazilian psychologists and researchers.
Editora Hogrefe CETEPP is the youngest publishing house in the Hogrefe Publishing Group, which became a member in 2015 through the acquisition of CETEPP – Centro Editor de Testes e Pesquisa em Psicologia - Publishing Center of Test and Research in Psychology.
CETEPP was founded in the beginning of the 1990s and started out as a small but very traditional test publisher in Brazil. The catalog included many renowned tests which were purchased and licensed mostly from Hogrefe. CETEPP's activities and materials played an important role in the history of psychological evaluation in Brazil. Editora Hogrefe CETEPP continues its former traditions and flourishes as part of the Hogrefe Publishing Group
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The Hope College Symphony Orchestra will perform on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The program will include Robert Schumann's "Overture to Hermann and Dorothea, Op. 136" and "Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54" featuring pianist Adam Clark. Closing the program will also be Robert Schumann's "Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97" ("Rhenish").
Clark joined the Hope faculty as an assistant professor of music in 2008, and currently teaches courses in applied piano, keyboard skills and piano pedagogy. He earned his DMA in piano performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), while his bachelor's and master's degrees were completed at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Texas at Austin respectively.
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The next TDWI Minneapolis Chapter meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 12 and it will take place in Saint Paul at The Travelers. The meeting will feature author Lyndsay Wise and she will be talking about Open Source BI Considerations and Implications.
http://tdwichapters.org/Minneapolis (or http://www.tdwimpls.org/)
Here are all of the details:
When: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Where: The Travelers, 385 Washington St., Saint Paul, MN 55102
The meeting will be held in the Jackson Room of the South Building.
Parking in the Travelers Visitors Parking ramp is NOT available to attendees. Two other parking options are:
1. Smith Ave. Ramp – 145 Smith Avenue between 5th street and Kellogg.
2. Seven Corners Lot (surface lot) just opposite the Smith Ave Ramp.
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8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Networking and Registration
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. – Introduction and Chapter Business
8:45 – 9:30 a.m. – Open Source BI Considerations and Implications – Checklist and Guide – Lyndsay Wise
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Break and Networking
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. – Open Source BI Considerations and Implications – Checklist and Guide – Lyndsay Wise (Part II)
11:00 – 11:30 p.m. – Q&A and Collaboration
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. – Closing Comments & Wrap-Up
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Many considerations exist when looking at whether to adopt open source BI as your BI platform or as a supplementary solution within a broader BI infrastructure. By taking a step back and looking at infrastructure, business, and technical requirements, your organization will be better armed to make the right BI choices – whether open source or not.
The checklist is from her book, with an excerpt found on the Information-Management web site.
Lyndsay Wise is the president and founder of WiseAnalytics. Lyndsay has ten years of IT experience in business systems analysis, software selection, and implementation of enterprise applications. She provides consulting services for small and mid-sized companies and conducts research into leading technologies, market trends, BI products and vendors, mid-market needs, and data visualization.
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The first panel, a shaped lino block, shows my parents' first house when they were still together. The house is shown being built, suggesting the beginning of our journey, the foundations of what was to come.
The second panel is from a photograph that reflects my childhood.
The final reduction panel depicts the house I live in now; it represents my Mum's success and holds many dear memories for me. The yellow colour symbolises my happiness and my contentment in my current situation.
Domestic environments have been explored by both Grace Cossington Smith and Ashley Losapio. Discuss how each artist presents their personal worlds. How does their approach to art-making differ? What qualities could be considered similar?
Consider the clues that make these scenes domestic. How does each artist incorporate both the personal and outside worlds in the composition? Compare these works with those of other artists with a similar theme. What do they all have in common? In what way does the viewer contribute to the meaning of each work?
Create an exhibition with text panels with the theme 'personal domains', featuring ten artists from the Gallery's collection, including Cossington Smith. Write an accompanying catalogue essay outlining the reasons for your selection.


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"The Unfriendly Dragon" The Adventures of Bridazak and Friends (Volume 1) by Brae Wyckoff
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An unfriendly dragon? Not everything is as it appears. In this amazing adventure, Bridazak and his friends set off on a journey for justice. On their way, they uncover truth and discover the value of friendship.
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